Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers books

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The Invisible Man

The Invisible Man

Author: H.G. Wells ,  Bhupendra Ahluwalia
ISBN: 9789380028293
Format: Paperback
$26.37

The classic science fiction novel rejoins the Masterworks list in an affordable hardback format, with an exciting...  Read More >>

The X-Files

The X-Files

Author: Theresa L. Geller
ISBN: 9780814339428
Format: Paperback
$45.10

Fans of the show, as well as readers interested in cultural studies, genre criticism, race and ethnicity, fan studies,...  Read More >>

Montaigne and the Art of Free-Thinking

Montaigne and the Art of Free-Thinking

Author: Richard Scholar ,  Christabel Scaife
ISBN: 9781906165208
Format: Paperback
$53.17

Education, religion, scepticism, politics, friendship, sex, and style - Montaigne's major themes are revealed here...  Read More >>

May Sinclair: Re-Thinking Bodies and Minds

May Sinclair: Re-Thinking Bodies and Minds

Author: Rebecca Bowler ,  Claire Drewery
ISBN: 9781474415750
Format: Hardback
$245.81

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Towards Sherlock Holmes: A Thematic History of Crime Fiction in the 19th Century World

Towards Sherlock Holmes: A Thematic History of Crime...

Author: Stephen Knight
ISBN: 9781476666167
Format: Paperback
$52.80

""Crime fiction features specialists who identify criminals to protect an anxious citizenry. Before detectives came...  Read More >>

When I Came to Die: Process and Prophecy in Thoreau's Vision of Dying

When I Came to Die: Process and Prophecy in Thoreau's...

Author: Audrey Raden
ISBN: 9781625342409
Format: Paperback
$58.30

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Disturbing Indians: The Archaeology of Southern Fiction

Disturbing Indians: The Archaeology of Southern Fiction...

Author: Annette Trefzer
ISBN: 9780817358815
Format: Paperback
$65.87

Argues that not only have Native Americans played an active role in the construction of the South’s cultural landscape...  Read More >>

The Youth of Things: Life and Death in the Age of Kajii Motojiro

The Youth of Things: Life and Death in the Age of Kajii...

Author: Stephen Dodd
ISBN: 9780824867683
Format: Paperback
$73.92

When he died from tuberculosis at the age of 31, Kajii Motojiro had written only twenty short stories. Yet his life...  Read More >>

Paranoia, Fear & Alienation

Paranoia, Fear & Alienation

Author: Kimberly Drake
ISBN: 9781682171264
Format: Hardback
$277.20

Outstanding, in-depth scholarship by renowned literary critics; great starting point for students seeking an introduction...  Read More >>

Moving Toward Redemption: Spirituality and Disability in the Late Writings of Andre Dubus (1936–1999)

Moving Toward Redemption: Spirituality and Disability...

Author: Andrea Ivanov-Craig
ISBN: 9781433133282
Format: Hardback
$317.46

American short-story writer Andre Dubus (1936–1999) was a “writer’s writer.” His acclaimed collections of short...  Read More >>

Meïr Aaron Goldschmidt and the Poetics of Jewish Fiction

Meïr Aaron Goldschmidt and the Poetics of Jewish Fiction...

Author: David Gantt Gurley
ISBN: 9780815634867
Format: Hardback
$115.50

Presents a bold new reading of one of Denmark’s greatest writers of the nineteenth century, situating him, first...  Read More >>

Cracking Jokes: Studies of Sick Humor Cycles & Stereotypes

Cracking Jokes: Studies of Sick Humor Cycles & Stereotypes...

Author: Marc Galanter (Division of Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Department of Psychiatry New York University School of Medicine) ,  Alan Dundes
ISBN: 9781610273602
Format: Paperback
$83.93

"The 30th Anniversary Edition is a candid academic treatment of offensive and sick humor by the leading folklorist...  Read More >>

Victorian Fiction Beyond the Canon

Victorian Fiction Beyond the Canon

Author: Daragh Downes ,  Trish Ferguson
ISBN: 9781137518224
Format: Hardback
$316.77

This book is about selected Victorian texts and authors that in many cases have never before been subject to sustained...  Read More >>

Poetics of the Antilles: Poetry, History and Philosophy in the Writings of Perse, Césaire, Fanon and Glissant

Poetics of the Antilles: Poetry, History and Philosophy...

Author: Peter Collier ,  Jean Khalfa
ISBN: 9783034308953
Format: Paperback
$173.75

«Poetics of the Antilles» explores the poetry and thought of four major Francophone Caribbean writers: Perse, Césaire,...  Read More >>

The Stadium Seat, Books within Book 3: The Uncatchable Rapist (Click Turnputer) volume 9-12

The Stadium Seat, Books within Book 3: The Uncatchable...

Author: Albert Clint Simms
ISBN: 9781535402385
Format: Paperback
$253.78

"Modern crime that Senate-Congress and Federal Judicial Branches of Government is in denial about! Romance-Mystery...  Read More >>

Age of Wonders: Exploring the World of Science Fiction

Age of Wonders: Exploring the World of Science Fiction...

Author: David G Hartwell
ISBN: 9780765393319
Format: Paperback
$47.49

Age of Wonders: Exploring the World of Science Fiction gives an insider's view of the strange and wonderful world...  Read More >>

Shame, Masculinity and Desire of Belonging: Reading Contemporary Male Writers

Shame, Masculinity and Desire of Belonging: Reading...

Author: Aneta Stępień ,  Laurel Plapp
ISBN: 9783034322539
Format: Hardback
$224.21

What does it mean to be a ‘real man’? This study explores the depiction of male shame in the novels of Hanif Kureishi,...  Read More >>

Great Latin American Novel

Great Latin American Novel

Author: Carlos Fuentes ,  Brendan Riley
ISBN: 9781628971309
Format: Paperback
$60.72

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Un Yanki en la Corte del Rey Arturo (Spanish Edition)

Un Yanki en la Corte del Rey Arturo (Spanish Edition)...

Author: Mark Twain
ISBN: 9781542653923
Format: Paperback
$30.36

Tras intervernir en una pelea y sufrir un golpe en la cabeza, el protagonista, Hank Morgan, es transportado hacia...  Read More >>

The Kite Runner

The Kite Runner

Author: Matthew Spangler ,  Khaled Hosseini
ISBN: 9781350033221
Format: Paperback
$24.99

The 10th anniversary edition of the ""New York Times""-bestseller and international classic loved by millions of...  Read More >>

Dominicanidad / Dominicanity: Perspectivas de un concepto (trans-)nacional / Perspectives on a (trans-)national concept

Dominicanidad / Dominicanity: Perspectivas de un concepto...

Author: Andre Klump ,  Christine Felbeck
ISBN: 9783631673218
Format: Hardback
$173.75

Con unos 20 artículos de investigadores/-as de Europa, de los Estados Unidos y de la República Dominicana, la presente...  Read More >>

Crotchet Castle

Crotchet Castle

Author: Thomas Love Peacock ,  Freya Johnston (University of Oxford)
ISBN: 9781107030725
Format: Hardback
$284.63

Thomas Love Peacock's sixth novel, Crotchet Castle (1831), is full of the humour and social satire for which Peacock...  Read More >>

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